These activities were suggested in class by our teacher trainer Stefania Ballotto.
Activity 1 – The students are asked to remember three important moments in their lives and to link a different music to each one of these moments.
They tell their partner about their choices.
Activity 2 – The students listen to a piece of instrumental music. The teacher asks them what colours they can see while they are listening. They compare their answers with their partner.
Activity 3 – The same music is played again. This time the students have to imagine objects and make a list. Students compare their lists.
Activity 4 - This time, while they are listening, the students have to imagine what is happening and they have to write it down.
Other questions can be asked like these, for example:
- What does the music remind you of?
- What feelings does the music bring?
- How do you think the artist felt when he was writing this piece of music?
- What title would you give to this piece of music?
Here there are no right or wrong answers. The students can say what they want. This can be done in pairs but it can also be done together. A lot of vocabulary will certainly be used. The teacher will write the new words on the board.
These activities involve a range of intelligences – intrapersonal, interpersonal, musical, visual/spatial and linguistic.
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